diff --git a/src/startup/db.js b/src/startup/db.js
index fd461210f..d8a722398 100644
--- a/src/startup/db.js
+++ b/src/startup/db.js
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ const userProfile = require('../models/userProfile');
 const initialPermissions = require('../utilities/createInitialPermissions');
 const logger = require('./logger');
 require('dotenv').config();
+
 mongoose.Promise = Promise;
+
 const afterConnect = async () => {
   try {
     const user = await userProfile.findOne({
       firstName: { $regex: process.env.TIME_ARCHIVE_FIRST_NAME, $options: 'i' },
       lastName: { $regex: process.env.TIME_ARCHIVE_LAST_NAME, $options: 'i' },
     });
-    console.log('connected to mongodb');
+
     await initialPermissions();
     if (!user) {
       userProfile
@@ -30,9 +32,9 @@ const afterConnect = async () => {
     throw new Error(error);
   }
 };
+
 module.exports = function () {
-  const uri = `mongodb+srv://${process.env.DB_USER}:${encodeURIComponent(process.env.DB_PASSWORD)}@${process.env.DB_CLUSTER}/${process.env.DB_NAME}?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=${process.env.DB_APP_NAME}`;
-  console.log('mongo url' + uri);
+  const uri = `mongodb+srv://${process.env.user}:${encodeURIComponent(process.env.password)}@${process.env.cluster}/${process.env.dbName}?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=${process.env.appName}`;
   mongoose
     .connect(uri, {
       useNewUrlParser: true,